TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Sector Allocations
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1
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Schedules of Investments
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Congress Large Cap Growth Fund (“Large Cap Growth”)
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2
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Congress Mid Cap Growth Fund (“Mid Cap Growth”)
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4
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Congress Small Cap Growth Fund (“Small Cap Growth”)
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6
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
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8
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Statements of Operations
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10
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
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12
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Financial Highlights
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18
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Notes to Financial Statements
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24
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Expense Examples
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35
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Additional Information
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38
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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program
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39
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Privacy Notice
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Inside Back Cover
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SECTOR ALLOCATIONS at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
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Sector
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Percent of Net Assets
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Information Technology
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35.6
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%
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Consumer Discretionary
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13.7
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%
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Health Care
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12.3
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%
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Communication Services
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7.8
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%
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Financials
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6.8
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%
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Materials
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6.6
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%
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Industrials
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6.1
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%
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Consumer Staples
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6.1
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%
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Energy
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3.2
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%
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Cash 1
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1.8
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%
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Total
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100.0
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%
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Sector
|
Percent of Net Assets
|
||||
Information Technology
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26.1
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%
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Industrials
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22.8
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%
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Health Care
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18.6
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%
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Consumer Discretionary
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11.5
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%
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Financials
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7.0
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%
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|||
Consumer Staples
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5.3
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%
|
|||
Energy
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2.7
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%
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|||
Materials
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2.6
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%
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|||
Communication Services
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2.1
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%
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|||
Cash 1
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1.3
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%
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|||
Total
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100.0
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%
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Sector
|
Percent of Net Assets
|
||||
Industrials
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24.5
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%
|
|||
Health Care
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21.9
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%
|
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Information Technology
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17.5
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%
|
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Consumer Discretionary
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14.1
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%
|
|||
Consumer Staples
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8.5
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%
|
|||
Energy
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4.8
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%
|
|||
Materials
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4.6
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%
|
|||
Financials
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3.9
|
%
|
|||
Cash 1
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0.1
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%
|
|||
Total
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100.0
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%
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
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Shares
|
Value
|
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COMMON STOCKS – 98.2%
|
||||||||
Broadline Retail – 5.5%
|
||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(a)
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155,600
|
$
|
27,230,000
|
|||||
Capital Markets – 1.8%
|
||||||||
CME Group, Inc. –
|
||||||||
Class A
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21,225
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4,449,609
|
||||||
Moody’s Corp.
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12,600
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4,666,158
|
||||||
9,115,767
|
||||||||
Chemicals – 2.2%
|
||||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co.
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35,875
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10,748,509
|
||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.1%
|
||||||||
Cintas Corp.
|
8,200
|
5,398,388
|
||||||
Communications Equipment – 1.3%
|
||||||||
Arista Networks,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
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25,500
|
6,542,280
|
||||||
Construction Materials – 2.3%
|
||||||||
Martin Marietta
|
||||||||
Materials, Inc.
|
19,000
|
11,154,330
|
||||||
Consumer Staples
|
||||||||
Distribution & Retail – 3.9%
|
||||||||
Costco Wholesale
|
||||||||
Corp.
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26,900
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19,446,010
|
||||||
Electrical Equipment – 2.6%
|
||||||||
Eaton Corp. PLC
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40,000
|
12,730,400
|
||||||
Financial Services – 4.0%
|
||||||||
Visa, Inc. – Class A
|
74,100
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19,904,001
|
||||||
Ground Transportation – 1.7%
|
||||||||
Old Dominion
|
||||||||
Freight Line, Inc.
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45,700
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8,304,147
|
||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 5.7%
|
||||||||
Boston Scientific
|
||||||||
Corp.(a)
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102,700
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7,381,049
|
||||||
Dexcom, Inc.(a)
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77,800
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9,910,942
|
||||||
Intuitive Surgical,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
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29,700
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11,007,414
|
||||||
28,299,405
|
||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services – 1.0%
|
||||||||
UnitedHealth
|
||||||||
Group, Inc.
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10,325
|
4,994,202
|
||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.7%
|
||||||||
Darden Restaurants,
|
||||||||
Inc.
|
55,675
|
8,541,102
|
||||||
Household Products – 2.1%
|
||||||||
Procter & Gamble Co.
|
64,600
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10,542,720
|
||||||
Insurance – 1.0%
|
||||||||
Arthur J Gallagher
|
||||||||
& Co.
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19,925
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4,676,198
|
||||||
Interactive Media & Services – 7.0%
|
||||||||
Alphabet, Inc. –
|
||||||||
Class A(a)
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124,000
|
20,184,720
|
||||||
Alphabet, Inc. –
|
||||||||
Class C(a)
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34,575
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5,692,428
|
||||||
Meta Platforms,
|
||||||||
Inc. – Class A
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20,700
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8,904,519
|
||||||
34,781,667
|
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Machinery – 0.8%
|
||||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
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6,825
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3,719,011
|
||||||
Media – 0.8%
|
||||||||
Trade Desk, Inc. –
|
||||||||
Class A(a)
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47,975
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3,974,729
|
||||||
Metals & Mining – 2.2%
|
||||||||
Freeport-McMoRan
|
||||||||
Copper & Gold, Inc.
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217,200
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10,846,968
|
||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.2%
|
||||||||
Chevron Corp.
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24,000
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3,870,480
|
||||||
Pioneer Natural
|
||||||||
Resources Co.
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43,700
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11,769,284
|
||||||
15,639,764
|
||||||||
Pharmaceuticals – 5.6%
|
||||||||
Eli Lilly & Co.
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24,200
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18,902,620
|
||||||
Zoetis, Inc.
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54,200
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8,630,808
|
||||||
27,533,428
|
||||||||
Semiconductors &
|
||||||||
Semiconductor Equipment – 7.1%
|
||||||||
NVIDIA Corp.
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26,000
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22,464,520
|
||||||
NXP
|
||||||||
Semiconductors NV
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48,900
|
12,527,691
|
||||||
34,992,211
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
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Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 98.2% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Software – 21.2%
|
||||||||
Adobe, Inc.(a)
|
36,300
|
$
|
16,800,729
|
|||||
Intuit, Inc.
|
26,500
|
16,578,930
|
||||||
Microsoft Corp.
|
86,775
|
33,784,111
|
||||||
Roper Technologies,
|
||||||||
Inc.
|
20,500
|
10,484,930
|
||||||
Salesforce, Inc.
|
16,500
|
4,437,510
|
||||||
ServiceNow, Inc.(a)
|
12,150
|
8,423,959
|
||||||
Synopsys, Inc.(a)
|
27,000
|
14,325,930
|
||||||
104,836,099
|
||||||||
Specialty Retail – 6.4%
|
||||||||
O’Reilly
|
||||||||
Automotive, Inc.(a)
|
11,700
|
11,855,142
|
||||||
The Home Depot, Inc.
|
45,475
|
15,198,654
|
||||||
TJX Cos., Inc.
|
48,900
|
4,601,001
|
||||||
31,654,797
|
||||||||
Technology Hardware,
|
||||||||
Storage & Peripherals – 6.0%
|
||||||||
Apple, Inc.
|
173,350
|
29,526,706
|
||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $201,648,266)
|
485,132,839
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.5%
|
||||||||
Money Market Funds – 0.5%
|
||||||||
First American
|
||||||||
Treasury Obligations
|
||||||||
Fund – Class X,
5.21%(b)
|
||||||||
2,348,535
|
2,348,535
|
|||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
|
||||||||
INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $2,348,535)
|
2,348,535
|
|||||||
TOTAL
|
||||||||
INVESTMENTS – 98.7%
|
||||||||
(Cost $203,996,801)
|
487,481,374
|
|||||||
Other Assets in Excess
|
||||||||
of Liabilities – 1.3%
|
6,348,430
|
|||||||
TOTAL NET
|
||||||||
ASSETS – 100.0%
|
$
|
493,829,804
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
The rate shown represents the 7-day effective yield as of April 30, 2024.
|
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 98.7%
|
||||||||
Capital Markets – 4.5%
|
||||||||
FactSet Research
|
||||||||
Systems Inc.
|
67,000
|
$
|
27,931,630
|
|||||
Raymond James
|
||||||||
Financial, Inc.
|
230,500
|
28,121,000
|
||||||
56,052,630
|
||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 2.9%
|
||||||||
Copart, Inc.(a)
|
676,500
|
36,740,715
|
||||||
Construction & Engineering – 4.6%
|
||||||||
EMCOR
|
||||||||
Group, Inc.
|
105,000
|
37,502,850
|
||||||
WillScot Mobile
|
||||||||
Mini Holdings
|
||||||||
Corp.(a)
|
547,500
|
20,235,600
|
||||||
57,738,450
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples
|
||||||||
Distribution & Retail – 2.8%
|
||||||||
Casey’s General
|
||||||||
Stores, Inc.
|
110,000
|
35,153,800
|
||||||
Containers & Packaging – 2.6%
|
||||||||
Avery Dennison
|
||||||||
Corp.
|
147,500
|
32,048,800
|
||||||
Distributors – 2.2%
|
||||||||
Pool Corp.
|
77,000
|
27,914,810
|
||||||
Electrical Equipment – 3.2%
|
||||||||
nVent Electric plc
|
560,000
|
40,359,200
|
||||||
Electronic Equipment,
|
||||||||
Instruments & Components – 5.9%
|
||||||||
Fabrinet(a)
|
137,500
|
23,797,125
|
||||||
Keysight
|
||||||||
Technologies,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
159,500
|
23,596,430
|
||||||
Teledyne
|
||||||||
Technologies
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
69,000
|
26,322,120
|
||||||
73,715,675
|
||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services – 2.7%
|
||||||||
ChampionX
|
||||||||
Corp.
|
1,015,000
|
34,073,550
|
||||||
Entertainment – 2.1%
|
||||||||
Take-Two Interactive
|
||||||||
Software, Inc.(a)
|
182,014
|
25,993,419
|
||||||
Ground Transportation – 2.4%
|
||||||||
Saia, Inc.(a)
|
75,250
|
29,861,457
|
||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 9.2%
|
||||||||
The Cooper
|
||||||||
Cos., Inc.
|
316,500
|
28,187,490
|
||||||
Hologic, Inc.(a)
|
340,000
|
25,761,800
|
||||||
ResMed Inc.
|
158,500
|
33,917,415
|
||||||
STERIS plc
|
134,500
|
27,513,320
|
||||||
115,380,025
|
||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.4%
|
||||||||
Darden
|
||||||||
Restaurants, Inc.
|
196,500
|
30,145,065
|
||||||
Household Products – 2.5%
|
||||||||
Church & Dwight
|
||||||||
Co., Inc.
|
292,500
|
31,557,825
|
||||||
Insurance – 2.5%
|
||||||||
Brown &
|
||||||||
Brown, Inc.
|
385,000
|
31,392,900
|
||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 9.4%
|
||||||||
Bruker Corp.
|
381,500
|
29,760,815
|
||||||
Charles River
|
||||||||
Laboratories
|
||||||||
International,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
120,000
|
27,480,000
|
||||||
Mettler-Toledo
|
||||||||
International,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
24,050
|
29,574,285
|
||||||
West Pharmaceutical
|
||||||||
Services, Inc.
|
87,000
|
31,100,760
|
||||||
117,915,860
|
||||||||
Machinery – 6.6%
|
||||||||
Crane Co.
|
356,250
|
49,878,563
|
||||||
Watts Water
|
||||||||
Technologies,
|
||||||||
Inc. – Class A
|
164,000
|
32,547,440
|
||||||
82,426,003
|
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 98.7% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Professional Services – 3.0%
|
||||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
||||||||
Holding Corp.
|
258,000
|
$
|
38,098,860
|
|||||
Semiconductors &
|
||||||||
Semiconductor Equipment – 6.4%
|
||||||||
Entegris, Inc.
|
287,500
|
38,214,500
|
||||||
Monolithic Power
|
||||||||
Systems, Inc.
|
62,250
|
41,665,793
|
||||||
79,880,293
|
||||||||
Software – 11.7%
|
||||||||
The Descartes
|
||||||||
Systems
|
||||||||
Group Inc.(a)
|
300,000
|
27,837,000
|
||||||
DoubleVerify
|
||||||||
Holdings, Inc.(a)
|
987,500
|
28,933,750
|
||||||
Dynatrace, Inc.(a)
|
497,500
|
22,541,725
|
||||||
Qualys, Inc.(a)
|
202,501
|
33,191,939
|
||||||
SPS Commerce,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
193,000
|
33,556,910
|
||||||
146,061,324
|
||||||||
Specialty Retail – 4.5%
|
||||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)
|
67,000
|
27,124,280
|
||||||
Valvoline Inc.(a)
|
677,500
|
28,807,300
|
||||||
55,931,580
|
||||||||
Technology Hardware,
|
||||||||
Storage & Peripherals – 2.2%
|
||||||||
Pure Storage, Inc. –
|
||||||||
Class A(a)
|
550,000
|
27,720,000
|
||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.4%
|
||||||||
Deckers Outdoor
|
||||||||
Corp.(a)
|
36,250
|
29,669,537
|
||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $862,977,836)
|
1,235,831,778
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.4%
|
||||||||
Money Market Funds – 1.4%
|
||||||||
First American
|
||||||||
Treasury Obligations
|
||||||||
Fund – Class X,
5.21%(b)
|
||||||||
17,322,540
|
17,322,540
|
|||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
|
||||||||
INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $17,322,540)
|
17,322,540
|
|||||||
TOTAL
|
||||||||
INVESTMENTS – 100.1%
|
||||||||
(Cost $880,300,376)
|
$
|
1,253,154,318
|
||||||
Liabilities in Excess
|
||||||||
of Other Assets – (0.1)%
|
(672,820
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL NET
|
||||||||
ASSETS – 100.0%
|
$
|
1,252,481,498
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
The rate shown represents the 7-day effective yield as of April 30, 2024.
|
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%
|
||||||||
Aerospace & Defense – 6.1%
|
||||||||
AeroVironment,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
215,000
|
$
|
34,354,850
|
|||||
Moog, Inc. – Class A
|
160,000
|
25,451,200
|
||||||
59,806,050
|
||||||||
Banks – 2.4%
|
||||||||
Ameris Bancorp
|
485,000
|
23,027,800
|
||||||
Beverages – 2.2%
|
||||||||
MGP Ingredients,
|
||||||||
Inc.
|
270,000
|
21,178,800
|
||||||
Biotechnology – 2.2%
|
||||||||
Vericel Corp.(a)
|
470,000
|
21,558,900
|
||||||
Broadline Retail – 1.9%
|
||||||||
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet
|
||||||||
Holdings, Inc.(a)
|
250,000
|
18,285,000
|
||||||
Building Products – 2.8%
|
||||||||
CSW Industrials, Inc.
|
115,000
|
27,326,300
|
||||||
Capital Markets – 1.5%
|
||||||||
Cohen & Steers, Inc.
|
215,000
|
14,787,700
|
||||||
Chemicals – 2.1%
|
||||||||
Balchem Corp.
|
145,000
|
20,500,100
|
||||||
Communications Equipment – 1.8%
|
||||||||
Calix, Inc.(a)
|
625,000
|
17,331,250
|
||||||
Construction & Engineering – 6.7%
|
||||||||
Comfort Systems
|
||||||||
USA, Inc.
|
102,000
|
31,559,820
|
||||||
Sterling
|
||||||||
Infrastructure,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
330,000
|
33,528,000
|
||||||
65,087,820
|
||||||||
Construction Materials – 2.5%
|
||||||||
Knife River Corp.(a)
|
310,000
|
24,238,900
|
||||||
Consumer Staples
|
||||||||
Distribution & Retail – 3.2%
|
||||||||
Sprouts Farmers
|
||||||||
Market, Inc.(a)
|
480,000
|
31,694,400
|
||||||
Electronic Equipment,
|
||||||||
Instruments & Components – 5.3%
|
||||||||
Badger Meter, Inc.
|
160,000
|
29,267,200
|
||||||
Crane NXT Co.
|
370,000
|
22,499,700
|
||||||
51,766,900
|
||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services – 1.7%
|
||||||||
Core Laboratories,
|
||||||||
Inc.
|
1,085,000
|
17,143,000
|
||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 10.6%
|
||||||||
Integer Holdings
|
||||||||
Corp.(a)
|
265,000
|
29,581,950
|
||||||
LeMaitre Vascular,
|
||||||||
Inc.
|
400,000
|
25,920,000
|
||||||
Merit Medical
|
||||||||
Systems, Inc.(a)
|
350,000
|
25,935,000
|
||||||
UFP Technologies,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
105,000
|
21,623,700
|
||||||
103,060,650
|
||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services – 2.1%
|
||||||||
Progyny, Inc.(a)
|
635,000
|
20,358,100
|
||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.9%
|
||||||||
Chuy’s Holdings,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
615,000
|
18,117,900
|
||||||
Household Durables – 2.5%
|
||||||||
Skyline Champion
|
||||||||
Corp.(a)
|
325,000
|
24,371,750
|
||||||
Leisure Products – 1.9%
|
||||||||
YETI Holdings,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
520,000
|
18,574,400
|
||||||
Machinery – 2.5%
|
||||||||
Enpro, Inc.
|
165,000
|
24,771,450
|
||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.1%
|
||||||||
SM Energy Co.
|
615,000
|
29,821,350
|
||||||
Personal Care Products – 3.1%
|
||||||||
e.l.f Beauty, Inc.(a)
|
185,000
|
30,068,050
|
||||||
Pharmaceuticals – 7.0%
|
||||||||
Ligand
|
||||||||
Pharmaceuticals,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
350,000
|
24,461,500
|
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Pharmaceuticals – 7.0% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Prestige Consumer
|
||||||||
Healthcare, Inc.(a)
|
370,000
|
$
|
26,551,200
|
|||||
Supernus
|
||||||||
Pharmaceuticals,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
570,000
|
17,157,000
|
||||||
68,169,700
|
||||||||
Professional Services – 6.4%
|
||||||||
FTI Consulting,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
110,000
|
23,521,300
|
||||||
ICF International,
|
||||||||
Inc.
|
175,000
|
25,250,750
|
||||||
WNS Holdings
|
||||||||
Ltd.(a)
|
320,000
|
13,411,200
|
||||||
62,183,250
|
||||||||
Semiconductors &
|
||||||||
Semiconductor Equipment – 8.1%
|
||||||||
Nova Ltd.(a)
|
140,000
|
23,786,000
|
||||||
Onto Innovation,
|
||||||||
Inc.(a)
|
180,000
|
33,388,200
|
||||||
Power Integrations,
|
||||||||
Inc.
|
325,000
|
21,684,000
|
||||||
78,858,200
|
||||||||
Software – 2.3%
|
||||||||
Qualys, Inc.(a)
|
140,000
|
22,947,400
|
||||||
Specialty Retail – 6.0%
|
||||||||
Boot Barn
|
||||||||
Holdings, Inc.(a)
|
300,000
|
31,941,000
|
||||||
Valvoline, Inc.(a)
|
620,000
|
26,362,400
|
||||||
58,303,400
|
||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $824,063,690)
|
973,338,520
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%
|
||||||||
Money Market Funds – 0.1%
|
||||||||
First American
|
||||||||
Treasury Obligations
|
||||||||
Fund – Class X,
5.21%(b)
|
||||||||
1,185,152
|
1,185,152
|
|||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
|
||||||||
INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $1,185,152)
|
1,185,152
|
|||||||
TOTAL
|
||||||||
INVESTMENTS – 100.0%
|
||||||||
(Cost $825,248,842)
|
974,523,672
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess
|
||||||||
of Other Assets – 0.0%(c)
|
(90,509
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL NET
|
||||||||
ASSETS – 100.0%
|
$
|
974,433,163
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
The rate shown represents the 7-day effective yield as of April 30, 2024.
|
(c)
|
Represents less than 0.05% of net assets.
|
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
|
Large Cap
|
Mid Cap
|
Small Cap
|
||||||||||
Growth
|
Growth
|
Growth
|
||||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value
|
||||||||||||
(Cost $203,996,801, $880,300,376,
|
||||||||||||
and $825,248,842, respectively)
|
$
|
487,481,374
|
$
|
1,253,154,318
|
$
|
974,523,672
|
||||||
Receivables:
|
||||||||||||
Investment securities sold
|
8,319,926
|
9,696,047
|
—
|
|||||||||
Fund shares sold
|
31,918
|
969,498
|
1,951,199
|
|||||||||
Dividends and interest
|
275,313
|
523,398
|
188,472
|
|||||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
49,978
|
91,164
|
182,507
|
|||||||||
Total assets
|
496,158,509
|
1,264,434,425
|
976,845,850
|
|||||||||
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||||||
Payables:
|
||||||||||||
Investment securities purchased
|
1,976,457
|
10,339,000
|
—
|
|||||||||
Investment advisory fees, net
|
206,924
|
641,217
|
641,846
|
|||||||||
Fund shares redeemed
|
81,305
|
816,851
|
1,662,827
|
|||||||||
Fund administration fees
|
14,708
|
47,449
|
21,684
|
|||||||||
Audit fees
|
12,444
|
12,478
|
12,454
|
|||||||||
Transfer agent fees
|
11,707
|
27,756
|
22,868
|
|||||||||
Sub-transfer agent fees
|
9,562
|
775
|
503
|
|||||||||
Fund accounting fees
|
9,242
|
31,068
|
13,890
|
|||||||||
Distribution fees – Retail Class
|
1,207
|
14,531
|
32,722
|
|||||||||
Custody fees
|
3,039
|
9,648
|
2,837
|
|||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer fees
|
868
|
866
|
868
|
|||||||||
Other accrued expenses
|
1,242
|
11,288
|
188
|
|||||||||
Total liabilities
|
2,328,705
|
11,952,927
|
2,412,687
|
|||||||||
NET ASSETS
|
$
|
493,829,804
|
$
|
1,252,481,498
|
$
|
974,433,163
|
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES at April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Large Cap
|
Mid Cap
|
Small Cap
|
||||||||||
Growth
|
Growth
|
Growth
|
||||||||||
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS
|
||||||||||||
Paid-in capital
|
$
|
203,763,069
|
$
|
825,105,672
|
$
|
887,869,744
|
||||||
Total distributable (accumulated)
|
||||||||||||
earnings (losses)
|
290,066,735
|
427,375,826
|
86,563,419
|
|||||||||
Total net assets
|
$
|
493,829,804
|
$
|
1,252,481,498
|
$
|
974,433,163
|
||||||
Net Asset Value (unlimited shares authorized):
|
||||||||||||
Retail Class:
|
||||||||||||
Net assets
|
$
|
3,066,834
|
$
|
50,205,475
|
$
|
124,886,919
|
||||||
Shares of beneficial interest
|
||||||||||||
issued and outstanding
|
71,843
|
2,087,042
|
3,710,285
|
|||||||||
Net asset value, offering price,
|
||||||||||||
and redemption price per share
|
$
|
42.69
|
$
|
24.06
|
$
|
33.66
|
||||||
Institutional Class:
|
||||||||||||
Net assets
|
$
|
490,762,970
|
$
|
1,202,276,023
|
$
|
849,546,244
|
||||||
Shares of beneficial interest
|
||||||||||||
issued and outstanding
|
11,421,155
|
48,490,940
|
21,968,149
|
|||||||||
Net asset value, offering price,
|
||||||||||||
and redemption price per share
|
$
|
42.97
|
$
|
24.79
|
$
|
38.67
|
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
|
Large Cap
|
Mid Cap
|
Small Cap
|
||||||||||
Growth
|
Growth
|
Growth
|
||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME
|
||||||||||||
Dividends from unaffiliated securities
|
||||||||||||
(net of foreign withholding tax of
$14,875, $0,000
|
||||||||||||
$
|
2,484,709
|
$
|
3,437,026
|
$
|
1,616,210
|
|||||||
Interest
|
97,417
|
203,479
|
766,205
|
|||||||||
Total investment income
|
2,582,126
|
3,640,505
|
2,382,415
|
|||||||||
EXPENSES
|
||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees
|
1,209,524
|
3,921,252
|
3,916,042
|
|||||||||
Distribution fees – Retail Class
|
3,556
|
61,538
|
152,722
|
|||||||||
Fund administration fees
|
111,890
|
297,634
|
198,237
|
|||||||||
Fund accounting fees
|
71,089
|
194,905
|
128,636
|
|||||||||
Sub-transfer agent fees
|
116,634
|
508,569
|
361,198
|
|||||||||
Transfer agent fees
|
75,288
|
181,078
|
162,683
|
|||||||||
Custody fees
|
20,585
|
57,398
|
39,560
|
|||||||||
Registration expenses
|
18,014
|
15,468
|
36,443
|
|||||||||
Miscellaneous expenses
|
9,587
|
23,509
|
11,982
|
|||||||||
Audit fees
|
12,444
|
12,477
|
12,454
|
|||||||||
Reports to shareholders
|
—
|
37,889
|
25,306
|
|||||||||
Trustees fees
|
12,851
|
20,526
|
15,758
|
|||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer fees
|
5,451
|
5,450
|
5,451
|
|||||||||
Legal fees
|
5,886
|
5,931
|
5,839
|
|||||||||
Insurance expenses
|
3,438
|
5,474
|
3,734
|
|||||||||
Total expenses
|
1,676,237
|
5,349,098
|
5,076,045
|
|||||||||
Less: fees waived
|
—
|
—
|
(316,214
|
)
|
||||||||
Net expenses
|
1,676,237
|
5,349,098
|
4,759,831
|
|||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
905,889
|
(1,708,593
|
)
|
(2,377,416
|
)
|
|||||||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on transactions from:
|
||||||||||||
Unaffiliated investments
|
6,404,979
|
57,774,820
|
(14,966,171
|
)
|
||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
6,404,979
|
57,774,820
|
(14,966,171
|
)
|
||||||||
Net change in unrealized
|
||||||||||||
appreciation/depreciation on:
|
||||||||||||
Unaffiliated investments
|
74,770,992
|
145,058,445
|
133,868,800
|
|||||||||
Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities
|
||||||||||||
Denominated in Foreign Currency
|
—
|
7
|
—
|
|||||||||
Change in net unrealized
|
||||||||||||
appreciation/depreciation
|
74,770,992
|
145,058,452
|
133,868,800
|
|||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
81,175,971
|
202,833,272
|
118,902,629
|
|||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
||||||||||||
resulting from operations
|
$
|
82,081,860
|
$
|
201,124,679
|
$
|
116,525,213
|
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:
|
||||||||
OPERATIONS
|
||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
$
|
905,889
|
$
|
1,816,503
|
||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
6,404,979
|
14,945,889
|
||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation
|
||||||||
on investments
|
74,770,992
|
39,776,330
|
||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
||||||||
resulting from operations
|
82,081,860
|
56,538,722
|
||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
|
||||||||
Net distributions to shareholders – Retail Class
|
(90,601
|
)
|
(96,810
|
)
|
||||
Net distributions to shareholders – Institutional Class
|
(16,302,364
|
)
|
(14,881,083
|
)
|
||||
Total distributions to shareholders
|
(16,392,965
|
)
|
(14,977,893
|
)
|
||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
||||||||
Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from net
|
||||||||
change in outstanding shares – Retail Class 1
|
215,572
|
(424,629
|
)
|
|||||
Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from net
|
||||||||
change in outstanding shares – Institutional Class 1
|
5,670,768
|
973,384
|
||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
|
||||||||
from capital share transactions
|
5,886,340
|
548,755
|
||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
|
71,575,235
|
42,109,584
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
Beginning of period/year
|
422,254,569
|
380,144,985
|
||||||
End of period/year
|
$
|
493,829,804
|
$
|
422,254,569
|
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (Continued)
|
1
|
Summary of share transactions is as follows:
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Retail Class:
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
10,907
|
$
|
470,171
|
20,997
|
$
|
738,819
|
||||||||||
Shares issued in
|
||||||||||||||||
reinvestment of distributions
|
2,011
|
81,521
|
2,653
|
88,075
|
||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(7,929
|
)
|
(336,120
|
)
|
(36,079
|
)
|
(1,251,523
|
)
|
||||||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
4,989
|
$
|
215,572
|
(12,429
|
)
|
$
|
(424,629
|
)
|
||||||||
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Institutional Class:
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
271,438
|
$
|
11,419,497
|
667,215
|
$
|
22,963,568
|
||||||||||
Shares issued in
|
||||||||||||||||
reinvestment of distributions
|
345,437
|
14,084,697
|
382,512
|
12,768,251
|
||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(470,544
|
)
|
(19,833,426
|
)
|
(980,980
|
)
|
(34,758,435
|
)
|
||||||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
146,331
|
$
|
5,670,768
|
68,747
|
$
|
973,384
|
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:
|
||||||||
OPERATIONS
|
||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
$
|
(1,708,593
|
)
|
$
|
(1,603,380
|
)
|
||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
57,774,820
|
93,875,967
|
||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation
|
||||||||
on investments
|
145,058,445
|
(70,730,368
|
)
|
|||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation
|
||||||||
on translation of other assets
|
7
|
(17
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
||||||||
resulting from operations
|
201,124,679
|
21,542,202
|
||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
|
||||||||
Net distributions to shareholders – Retail Class
|
(2,929,542
|
)
|
(2,458,128
|
)
|
||||
Net distributions to shareholders – Institutional Class
|
(77,310,011
|
)
|
(63,285,862
|
)
|
||||
Total distributions to shareholders
|
(80,239,553
|
)
|
(65,743,990
|
)
|
||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
||||||||
Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from net
|
||||||||
change in outstanding shares – Retail Class 1
|
4,363,424
|
361,712
|
||||||
Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from net
|
||||||||
change in outstanding shares – Institutional Class 1
|
(42,116,467
|
)
|
(22,104,133
|
)
|
||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
|
||||||||
from capital share transactions
|
(37,753,043
|
)
|
(21,742,421
|
)
|
||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
|
83,132,083
|
(65,944,209
|
)
|
|||||
NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
Beginning of period/year
|
1,169,349,415
|
1,235,293,624
|
||||||
End of period/year
|
$
|
1,252,481,498
|
$
|
1,169,349,415
|
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (Continued)
|
1
|
Summary of share transactions is as follows:
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Retail Class:
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
369,296
|
$
|
8,942,960
|
563,864
|
$
|
13,079,613
|
||||||||||
Shares issued in
|
||||||||||||||||
reinvestment of distributions
|
107,597
|
2,511,304
|
92,170
|
2,108,850
|
||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(290,417
|
)
|
(7,090,840
|
)
|
(638,849
|
)
|
(14,826,751
|
)
|
||||||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
186,476
|
$
|
4,363,424
|
17,185
|
$
|
361,712
|
||||||||||
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Institutional Class:
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares sold
|
5,556,962
|
$
|
138,157,951
|
12,022,486
|
$
|
288,226,051
|
||||||||||
Shares issued in
|
||||||||||||||||
reinvestment of distributions
|
2,173,100
|
52,241,331
|
1,919,235
|
45,025,248
|
||||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(9,234,141
|
)
|
(232,515,749
|
)
|
(14,813,081
|
)
|
(355,355,432
|
)
|
||||||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
(1,504,079
|
)
|
$
|
(42,116,467
|
)
|
(871,360
|
)
|
$
|
(22,104,133
|
)
|
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:
|
||||||||
OPERATIONS
|
||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
$
|
(2,377,416
|
)
|
$
|
(3,027,922
|
)
|
||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
(14,966,171
|
)
|
(38,444,660
|
)
|
||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation
|
||||||||
on investments
|
133,868,800
|
9,353,837
|
||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
||||||||
resulting from operations
|
116,525,213
|
(32,118,745
|
)
|
|||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
|
||||||||
Net distributions to shareholders – Retail Class
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Net distributions to shareholders – Institutional Class
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Total distributions to shareholders
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
||||||||
Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from net
|
||||||||
change in outstanding shares – Retail Class 1
|
(202,888
|
)
|
26,586,901
|
|||||
Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from net
|
||||||||
change in outstanding shares – Institutional Class 1
|
102,738,527
|
353,821,326
|
||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
|
||||||||
from capital share transactions
|
102,535,639
|
380,408,227
|
||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
|
219,060,852
|
348,289,482
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
Beginning of period/year
|
755,372,311
|
407,082,829
|
||||||
End of period/year
|
$
|
974,433,163
|
$
|
755,372,311
|
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (Continued)
|
1
|
Summary of share transactions is as follows:
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Retail Class:
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares Sold
|
612,727
|
$
|
20,037,717
|
1,430,567
|
$
|
44,853,460
|
||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(620,107
|
)
|
(20,240,605
|
)
|
(591,209
|
)
|
(18,266,559
|
)
|
||||||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
(7,380
|
)
|
$
|
(202,888
|
)
|
839,358
|
$
|
26,586,901
|
||||||||
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
April 30, 2024
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
October 31, 2023
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Institutional Class:
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares Sold
|
6,764,702
|
$
|
253,889,425
|
14,175,443
|
$
|
509,950,536
|
||||||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(3,992,225
|
)
|
(151,150,898
|
)
|
(4,371,189
|
)
|
(156,129,210
|
)
|
||||||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
2,772,477
|
$
|
102,738,527
|
9,804,254
|
$
|
353,821,326
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS For a capital share outstanding throughout each period/year
|
Six Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024
|
Year Ended October 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
beginning of period/year
|
$
|
36.95
|
$
|
33.43
|
$
|
47.27
|
$
|
37.71
|
$
|
32.51
|
$
|
29.04
|
||||||||||||
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
income (loss) 1
|
0.03
|
0.08
|
0.06
|
(0.03
|
)
|
0.03
|
0.09
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
7.06
|
4.68
|
(9.40
|
)
|
12.80
|
7.57
|
4.99
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment operations
|
7.09
|
4.76
|
(9.34
|
)
|
12.77
|
7.60
|
5.08
|
|||||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment income
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.10
|
)
|
—
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
From net realized gain
|
(1.27
|
)
|
(1.14
|
)
|
(4.50
|
)
|
(3.20
|
)
|
(2.32
|
)
|
(1.47
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(1.35
|
)
|
(1.24
|
)
|
(4.50
|
)
|
(3.21
|
)
|
(2.40
|
)
|
(1.61
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
end of period/year
|
$
|
42.69
|
$
|
36.95
|
$
|
33.43
|
$
|
47.27
|
$
|
37.71
|
$
|
32.51
|
||||||||||||
Total return
|
19.40
|
%2
|
14.67
|
%
|
(21.90
|
)%
|
36.14
|
%
|
25.00
|
%
|
18.61
|
%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
period/year (millions)
|
$
|
3.1
|
$
|
2.5
|
$
|
2.7
|
$
|
4.0
|
$
|
3.0
|
$
|
3.9
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
5
|
%2
|
22
|
%
|
23
|
%
|
19
|
%
|
24
|
%
|
20
|
%
|
||||||||||||
RATIOS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses to
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
average net assets
|
0.94
|
%3
|
0.94
|
%
|
0.94
|
%
|
0.93
|
%
|
0.95
|
%
|
0.96
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets
|
0.12
|
%3
|
0.22
|
%
|
0.17
|
%
|
(0.07
|
)%
|
0.08
|
%
|
0.31
|
%
|
1
|
Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding.
|
2
|
Not annualized.
|
3
|
Annualized.
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS For a capital share outstanding throughout each period/year
|
Six Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024
|
Year Ended October 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
beginning of period/year
|
$
|
37.23
|
$
|
33.69
|
$
|
47.54
|
$
|
37.89
|
$
|
32.67
|
$
|
29.11
|
||||||||||||
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
income (loss) 1
|
0.08
|
0.16
|
0.16
|
0.08
|
0.10
|
0.17
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
7.11
|
4.72
|
(9.45
|
)
|
12.87
|
7.60
|
5.01
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment operations
|
7.19
|
4.88
|
(9.29
|
)
|
12.95
|
7.70
|
5.18
|
|||||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment income
|
(0.18
|
)
|
(0.20
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.10
|
)
|
(0.16
|
)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
||||||||||||
From net realized gain
|
(1.27
|
)
|
(1.14
|
)
|
(4.50
|
)
|
(3.20
|
)
|
(2.32
|
)
|
(1.47
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(1.45
|
)
|
(1.34
|
)
|
(4.56
|
)
|
(3.30
|
)
|
(2.48
|
)
|
(1.62
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
end of period/year
|
$
|
42.97
|
$
|
37.23
|
$
|
33.69
|
$
|
47.54
|
$
|
37.89
|
$
|
32.67
|
||||||||||||
Total return
|
19.54
|
%2
|
14.93
|
%
|
(21.69
|
)%
|
36.50
|
%
|
25.27
|
%
|
18.94
|
%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
period/year (millions)
|
$
|
490.8
|
$
|
419.8
|
$
|
377.5
|
$
|
501.8
|
$
|
390.5
|
$
|
327.2
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
5
|
%2
|
22
|
%
|
23
|
%
|
19
|
%
|
25
|
%
|
20
|
%
|
||||||||||||
RATIOS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses to
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
average net assets
|
0.69
|
%3
|
0.69
|
%
|
0.69
|
%
|
0.68
|
%
|
0.70
|
%
|
0.71
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets
|
0.37
|
%3
|
0.44
|
%
|
0.42
|
%
|
0.18
|
%
|
0.29
|
%
|
0.56
|
%
|
1
|
Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding.
|
2
|
Not annualized.
|
3
|
Annualized.
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS For a capital share outstanding throughout each period/year
|
Six Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024
|
Year Ended October 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
beginning of period/year
|
$
|
21.95
|
$
|
22.90
|
$
|
36.20
|
$
|
24.37
|
$
|
21.65
|
$
|
18.62
|
||||||||||||
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
income (loss) 1
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.09
|
)
|
(0.13
|
)
|
(0.17
|
)
|
(0.10
|
)
|
(0.07
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
3.71
|
0.45
|
(9.17
|
)
|
12.58
|
4.02
|
3.62
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment operations
|
3.65
|
0.36
|
(9.30
|
)
|
12.41
|
3.92
|
3.55
|
|||||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
From net realized gain
|
(1.54
|
)
|
(1.31
|
)
|
(4.00
|
)
|
(0.58
|
)
|
(1.20
|
)
|
(0.52
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(1.54
|
)
|
(1.31
|
)
|
(4.00
|
)
|
(0.58
|
)
|
(1.20
|
)
|
(0.52
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
end of period/year
|
$
|
24.06
|
$
|
21.95
|
$
|
22.90
|
$
|
36.20
|
$
|
24.37
|
$
|
21.65
|
||||||||||||
Total return
|
16.86
|
%2
|
1.34
|
%
|
(28.54
|
)%
|
51.83
|
%
|
18.85
|
%
|
19.60
|
%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
period/year (millions)
|
$
|
50.2
|
$
|
41.7
|
$
|
43.1
|
$
|
41.6
|
$
|
24.8
|
$
|
26.7
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
20
|
%2
|
40
|
%
|
16
|
%
|
14
|
%
|
27
|
%
|
26
|
%
|
||||||||||||
RATIOS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses to
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
average net assets
|
1.06
|
%3
|
1.04
|
%
|
1.03
|
%
|
1.04
|
%
|
1.05
|
%
|
1.08
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets
|
(0.50
|
)%3
|
(.37
|
)%
|
(0.50
|
)%
|
(0.56
|
)%
|
(0.46
|
)%
|
(0.38
|
)%
|
1
|
Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding.
|
2
|
Not annualized.
|
3
|
Annualized.
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS For a capital share outstanding throughout each period/year
|
Six Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024
|
Year Ended October 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
beginning of period/year
|
$
|
22.55
|
$
|
23.44
|
$
|
36.88
|
$
|
24.75
|
$
|
21.92
|
$
|
18.81
|
||||||||||||
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
income (loss) 1
|
(0.03
|
)
|
(0.03
|
)
|
(0.07
|
)
|
(0.10
|
)
|
(0.05
|
)
|
(0.03
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
3.81
|
0.45
|
(9.37
|
)
|
12.81
|
4.08
|
3.66
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment operations
|
3.78
|
0.42
|
(9.44
|
)
|
12.71
|
4.03
|
3.63
|
|||||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(0.00
|
)2
|
(0.00
|
)2
|
||||||||||||||||
From net realized gain
|
(1.54
|
)
|
(1.31
|
)
|
(4.00
|
)
|
(0.58
|
)
|
(1.20
|
)
|
(0.52
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(1.54
|
)
|
(1.31
|
)
|
(4.00
|
)
|
(0.58
|
)
|
(1.20
|
)
|
(0.52
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
end of period/year
|
$
|
24.79
|
$
|
22.55
|
$
|
23.44
|
$
|
36.88
|
$
|
24.75
|
$
|
21.92
|
||||||||||||
Total return
|
17.04
|
%3
|
1.57
|
%
|
(28.37
|
)%
|
52.25
|
%
|
19.15
|
%
|
19.86
|
%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
period/year (millions)
|
$
|
1,202.3
|
$
|
1,127.6
|
$
|
1,192.0
|
$
|
1,706.8
|
$
|
1,242.7
|
$
|
1,049.2
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
20
|
%3
|
40
|
%
|
16
|
%
|
14
|
%
|
27
|
%
|
26
|
%
|
||||||||||||
RATIOS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses to
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
average net assets
|
0.81
|
%4
|
0.79
|
%
|
0.78
|
%
|
0.79
|
%
|
0.80
|
%
|
0.83
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets
|
(0.25
|
)%4
|
(0.12
|
)%
|
(0.26
|
)%
|
(0.30
|
)%
|
(0.21
|
)%
|
(0.13
|
)%
|
1
|
Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding.
|
2
|
Does not round to $0.01 or $(0.01), as applicable.
|
3
|
Not annualized.
|
4
|
Annualized.
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS For a capital share outstanding throughout each period/year
|
Six Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024
|
Year Ended October 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
beginning of period/year
|
$
|
29.34
|
$
|
29.87
|
$
|
44.39
|
$
|
27.78
|
$
|
26.69
|
$
|
26.95
|
||||||||||||
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
income (loss) 1
|
(0.12
|
)
|
(0.22
|
)
|
(0.29
|
)
|
(0.39
|
)
|
(0.22
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
4.44
|
(0.31
|
)
|
(7.42
|
)
|
19.57
|
3.59
|
2.33
|
||||||||||||||||
Total from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment operations
|
4.32
|
(0.53
|
)
|
(7.71
|
)
|
19.18
|
3.37
|
2.19
|
||||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net realized gain
|
—
|
—
|
(6.81
|
)
|
(2.57
|
)
|
(2.28
|
)
|
(2.45
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
—
|
—
|
(6.81
|
)
|
(2.57
|
)
|
(2.28
|
)
|
(2.45
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
end of period/year
|
$
|
33.66
|
$
|
29.34
|
$
|
29.87
|
$
|
44.39
|
$
|
27.78
|
$
|
26.69
|
||||||||||||
Total return
|
14.72
|
%2
|
(1.77
|
)%
|
(20.15
|
)%
|
73.51
|
%
|
13.51
|
%
|
9.19
|
%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
period/year (millions)
|
$
|
124.9
|
$
|
109.1
|
$
|
86.0
|
$
|
89.0
|
$
|
45.7
|
$
|
44.5
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
22
|
%2
|
32
|
%
|
23
|
%
|
50
|
%
|
44
|
%
|
21
|
%
|
||||||||||||
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before fees waived and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
expenses absorbed
|
1.32
|
%3
|
1.32
|
%
|
1.34
|
%
|
1.39
|
%
|
1.49
|
%
|
1.49
|
%
|
||||||||||||
After fees waived and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
expenses absorbed
|
1.25
|
%3
|
1.25
|
%
|
1.25
|
%
|
1.25
|
%
|
1.25
|
%
|
1.21
|
%
|
||||||||||||
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before fees waived and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
expenses absorbed
|
(0.80
|
)%3
|
(0.77
|
)%
|
(0.97
|
)%
|
(1.17
|
)%
|
(1.10
|
)%
|
(0.82
|
)%
|
||||||||||||
After fees waived and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
expenses absorbed
|
(0.73
|
)%3
|
(0.70
|
)%
|
(0.88
|
)%
|
(1.03
|
)%
|
(0.86
|
)%
|
(0.54
|
)%
|
1
|
Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding.
|
2
|
Not annualized.
|
3
|
Annualized.
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS For a capital share outstanding throughout each period/year
|
Six Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024
|
Year Ended October 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
beginning of period/year
|
$
|
33.67
|
$
|
34.19
|
$
|
49.69
|
$
|
30.76
|
$
|
29.25
|
$
|
29.24
|
||||||||||||
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
income (loss) 1
|
(0.09
|
)
|
(0.17
|
)
|
(0.23
|
)
|
(0.33
|
)
|
(0.18
|
)
|
(0.09
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
5.09
|
(0.35
|
)
|
(8.46
|
)
|
21.83
|
3.97
|
2.55
|
||||||||||||||||
Total from
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment operations
|
5.00
|
(0.52
|
)
|
(8.69
|
)
|
21.50
|
3.79
|
2.46
|
||||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
investment income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(2.57
|
)
|
(2.28
|
)
|
(2.45
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
From net realized gain
|
—
|
—
|
(6.81
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
—
|
—
|
(6.81
|
)
|
(2.57
|
)
|
(2.28
|
)
|
(2.45
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Net asset value,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
end of period/year
|
$
|
38.67
|
$
|
33.67
|
$
|
34.19
|
$
|
49.69
|
$
|
30.76
|
$
|
29.25
|
||||||||||||
Total return
|
14.85
|
%2
|
(1.52
|
)%
|
(19.95
|
)%
|
73.96
|
%
|
13.78
|
%
|
9.41
|
%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
period/year (millions)
|
$
|
849.5
|
$
|
646.3
|
$
|
321.0
|
$
|
127.3
|
$
|
43.0
|
$
|
34.7
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
22
|
%2
|
32
|
%
|
23
|
%
|
50
|
%
|
44
|
%
|
21
|
%
|
||||||||||||
RATIO OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before fees waived and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
expenses absorbed
|
1.07
|
%3
|
1.07
|
%
|
1.10
|
%
|
1.14
|
%
|
1.24
|
%
|
1.28
|
%
|
||||||||||||
After fees waived and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
expenses absorbed
|
1.00
|
%3
|
1.00
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
||||||||||||
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before fees waived and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
expenses absorbed
|
(0.55
|
)%3
|
(0.53
|
)%
|
(0.74
|
)%
|
(0.92
|
)%
|
(0.86
|
)%
|
(0.62
|
)%
|
||||||||||||
After fees waived and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
expenses absorbed
|
(0.48
|
)%3
|
(0.46
|
)%
|
(0.64
|
)%
|
(0.78
|
)%
|
(0.62
|
)%
|
(0.34
|
)%
|
1
|
Calculated based on the average number of shares outstanding.
|
2
|
Not annualized.
|
3
|
Annualized.
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
|
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION
|
NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
A.
|
Security Valuation. All equity securities, which may include Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”), Business Development Companies (“BDCs”), and Master
Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”), that are traded
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
on U.S. or foreign national securities exchanges are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded or the exchange’s official closing price,
if applicable. If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded security does not trade, then the mean between the most recent quoted bid and asked prices will be used. All equity securities, which may include REITs, BDCs, and MLPs, that are not
traded on a listed exchange are valued at the last sale price in the over the counter market. If a non-exchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid price and asked price will
be used.
|
||
Debt securities, including short-term debt instruments having a maturity of less than 60 days, are valued by using the evaluated mean price supplied by an approved independent pricing service.
The independent pricing service may use various valuation methodologies including matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and dealer quotations. These models generally consider such factors as yields
or prices of bonds of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity, ratings and general market conditions.
|
||
Securities for which market quotations are not ready available are valued at their respective fair values as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the
“Board”). Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated Congress Asset Management Company, LLP (the “Advisor”) as valuation designee to perform fair value determinations relating to the Fund’s portfolio investments,
subject to the Board’s oversight. Fair value pricing is an inherently subjective process, and no single standard exists for determining fair value. Different funds could reasonably arrive at different values for the same security. The use of
fair value pricing by a fund may cause the net asset value of its shares to differ significantly from the net asset value that would be calculated without regard to such considerations.
|
||
As described above, the Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of their investments on a recurring basis. U.S. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation
methods. The three levels of inputs are:
|
Level 1 –
|
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access.
|
|
Level 2 –
|
Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
|
||
Level 3 –
|
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available; representing the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant
would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
|
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new
and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the
determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
|
||
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the
fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
|
||
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of April 30, 2024. See the Schedules of Investments for industry breakouts.
|
Large Cap Growth
|
|||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
$
|
485,132,839
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
485,132,839
|
|||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
2,348,535
|
—
|
—
|
2,348,535
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
|||||||||||||||||
in Securities
|
$
|
487,481,374
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
487,481,374
|
|||||||||
Mid Cap Growth
|
|||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
$
|
1,235,831,778
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,235,831,778
|
|||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
17,322,540
|
—
|
—
|
17,322,540
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
|||||||||||||||||
in Securities
|
$
|
1,253,154,318
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,253,154,318
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Small Cap Growth
|
|||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
$
|
973,338,520
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
973,338,520
|
|||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
1,185,152
|
—
|
—
|
1,185,152
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
|||||||||||||||||
in Securities
|
$
|
974,523,672
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
974,523,672
|
B.
|
Foreign Currency. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the
date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions.
|
|
The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of
securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net unrealized and realized gain or loss from investments.
|
||
The Funds do not isolate net realized foreign exchange gains or losses that arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on
securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange
gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
|
||
C.
|
Federal Income Taxes. Each Fund has elected to be taxed as a “regulated investment company” and intends to distribute substantially all taxable income to
its shareholders and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Therefore, no provisions for federal income taxes or excise taxes have been made.
|
|
In order to avoid imposition of the excise tax applicable to regulated investment companies, each Fund intends to declare each year as dividends in each calendar year at least 98.0% of its net
investment income (earned during the calendar year) and 98.2% of its net realized capital gains (earned during the twelve months ended October 31) plus undistributed amounts, if any, from prior years.
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Net income losses incurred after December 31 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the Funds’ next taxable year.
|
||
As of the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, the Funds had capital loss carry-forward and deferred post-October and late year losses as follows:
|
Short-Term
|
Long-Term
|
||||||||||||||||
Capital Loss
|
Capital Loss
|
Post-October
|
Late-Year
|
||||||||||||||
Carry-Forward
|
Carry-Forward
|
Losses
|
Losses
|
||||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||||
Mid Cap Growth
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,554,490
|
|||||||||||||
Small Cap Growth
|
33,638,650
|
8,921,081
|
—
|
2,808,094
|
As of April 30, 2024, the Funds did not have any tax positions that did not meet the threshold of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Generally, tax authorities can examine all the
tax returns filed for the last three years. The Funds identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As of April 30, 2024, the Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably
possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially.
|
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D.
|
Security Transactions and Investment Income. Investment securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses realized on sales
of securities are determined on a specific identification basis. Discounts/premiums on debt securities purchased are accreted/amortized over the life of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Dividend income is
recorded on the ex- dividend date. Dividends received from MLPs & REITs generally are comprised of ordinary income, capital gains, and may include return of capital. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Other non-cash
dividends are recognized as investment income at the fair value of the property received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Trust’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and
rates.
|
|
E.
|
Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains on securities for the Funds are normally
declared and paid on an annual basis. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
|
|
F.
|
Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
|
||
G.
|
Share Valuation. The net asset value (“NAV”) per share of the Funds are calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by the Funds,
plus cash or other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued expenses) by the total number of shares outstanding for the Funds, rounded to the nearest cent. The Funds’ shares will not be priced on the days on which the New
York Stock Exchange is closed for trading. The offering and redemption price is equal to the Funds’ net asset value per share. The Funds charged a 1.00% redemption fee on shares held less than 90 days, however, the redemption fee was
eliminated for Large Cap Growth and Small Cap Growth as of close of business day on September 15, 2017, and Mid Cap Growth as of April 30, 2016. This fee was deducted from the redemption proceeds otherwise payable to the shareholder. The
Funds retained the fee charged as paid-in capital and such fees became part of the Funds’ daily NAV calculation.
|
|
H.
|
Guarantees and Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general
indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the
risk of loss to be remote.
|
|
I.
|
Illiquid Securities. Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Funds have adopted a Board approved liquidity risk management program (the “program”)
that requires, among other things, that the Funds limit their illiquid investments that are assets to no more than 15% of net assets. An illiquid investment is any investment that each Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in
current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment.
|
|
J.
|
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements. In June 2022, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2022-03, which amends Fair Value Measurement (Topic
820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions (“ASU 2022-03”). ASU 2022-03 clarifies guidance for fair value measurement of an equity security subject to a contractual sale restriction and
establishes
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
new disclosure requirements for such equity securities. ASU 2022-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and for interim periods within those fiscal years, with early
adoption permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of these amendments on their financial statements.
|
||
In October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted rule and form amendments that are designed to require funds to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder
reports that highlight key information. The amendments became effective January 24, 2023 and have a compliance date of July 24, 2024.
|
||
K.
|
Subsequent Events. In preparing these financial statements, the Funds have evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure
through the date the financial statements were issued. The Funds have determined that there were no subsequent events that would need to be disclosed in the Funds financial statements.
|
NOTE 3 – COMMITMENTS AND OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
Large Cap Growth
|
0.50%
|
||
Mid Cap Growth
|
0.60%
|
||
Small Cap Growth
|
0.85%
|
Current
|
|||
Large Cap Growth
|
0.95%
|
||
Mid Cap Growth
|
0.85%
|
||
Small Cap Growth
|
1.00%
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Expiration
|
Amount
|
||||
October 31, 2024
|
$
|
130,479
|
|||
October 31, 2025
|
296,189
|
||||
October 31, 2026
|
451,362
|
||||
April 30, 2026
|
316,214
|
||||
$
|
1,194,244
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
NOTE 4 – PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES
|
Fund
|
Purchases
|
Sales/Maturities
|
|||||||
Large Cap Growth
|
$
|
22,307,591
|
$
|
35,699,942
|
|||||
Mid Cap Growth
|
257,454,379
|
382,831,546
|
|||||||
Small Cap Growth
|
330,471,099
|
200,824,048
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
NOTE 5 – DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
|
Large Cap Growth:
|
|||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
||||||||
Distributions paid from:
|
|||||||||
Ordinary income
|
$
|
2,056,902
|
$
|
2,208,117
|
|||||
Long-term capital gain 1
|
14,336,063
|
12,769,776
|
|||||||
$
|
16,392,965
|
$
|
14,977,893
|
||||||
Mid Cap Growth:
|
|||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
||||||||
Distributions paid from:
|
|||||||||
Ordinary income
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Long-term capital gain 1
|
80,239,553
|
65,743,990
|
|||||||
$
|
80,239,553
|
$
|
65,743,990
|
||||||
Small Cap Growth:
|
|||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
||||||||
Distributions paid from:
|
|||||||||
Ordinary income
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Long-term capital gain 1
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
1
|
Designated as long-term capital gain dividend, pursuant of Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3).
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Large Cap
|
Mid Cap
|
Small Cap
|
|||||||||||
Growth
|
Growth
|
Growth
|
|||||||||||
Cost of investments
|
$
|
213,788,180
|
$
|
942,104,047
|
$
|
743,209,052
|
|||||||
Gross tax unrealized
|
|||||||||||||
appreciation
|
210,751,901
|
291,350,549
|
98,357,145
|
||||||||||
Gross tax unrealized
|
|||||||||||||
depreciation
|
(2,038,320
|
)
|
(63,544,498
|
)
|
(82,951,115
|
)
|
|||||||
Net unrealized
|
|||||||||||||
appreciation
|
208,713,581
|
227,806,051
|
15,406,030
|
||||||||||
Undistributed
|
|||||||||||||
ordinary income
|
1,328,219
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
Undistributed long-term
|
|||||||||||||
capital gain
|
14,336,040
|
80,239,139
|
—
|
||||||||||
Total distributable earnings
|
15,664,259
|
80,239,139
|
—
|
||||||||||
Other accumulated
|
|||||||||||||
gains (losses)
|
—
|
(1,554,490
|
)
|
(45,367,824
|
)
|
||||||||
Total distributable
|
|||||||||||||
(accumulated)
|
|||||||||||||
earnings (losses)
|
$
|
224,377,840
|
$
|
306,490,700
|
$
|
(29,961,794
|
)
|
2
|
The differences between book and tax basis were primarily due to wash sale and transfer-in-kind adjustments.
|
NOTE 6 – CREDIT FACILITY
|
Large Cap
|
Mid Cap
|
Small Cap
|
|||||||||||
Growth
|
Growth
|
Growth
|
|||||||||||
Maximum available credit
|
$
|
15,000,000
|
$
|
30,000,000
|
$
|
10,000,000
|
|||||||
Largest amount outstanding
|
|||||||||||||
on an individual day
|
—
|
15,224,000
|
1,081,000
|
||||||||||
Average balance when in use
|
—
|
2,620,857
|
373,857
|
||||||||||
Loan outstanding as
|
|||||||||||||
of April 30, 2024
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
Average interest rate when in use
|
—
|
8.5%
|
|
8.5%
|
|
EXPENSE EXAMPLES For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
|
EXPENSE EXAMPLES For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Beginning
|
Ending
|
Expenses Paid
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
During the Period
|
|
11/1/2023
|
4/30/2024
|
11/1/2023 – 4/30/2024 1
|
|
Retail Class Actual
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,194.00
|
$5.13
|
Retail Class Hypothetical
|
|||
(5% annual return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
1,000.00
|
1,020.19
|
4.72
|
Institutional Class Actual
|
1,000.00
|
1,195.40
|
3.77
|
Institutional Class Hypothetical
|
|||
(5% annual return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
1,000.00
|
1,021.43
|
3.47
|
1
|
For the Fund’s Retail and Institutional Class shares, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the most recent six-month period of 0.94% and 0.69%, respectively, multiplied by the
average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
Beginning
|
Ending
|
Expenses Paid
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
During the Period
|
|
11/1/2023
|
4/30/2024
|
11/1/2023 – 4/30/2024 2
|
|
Retail Class Actual
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,168.60
|
$5.72
|
Retail Class Hypothetical
|
|||
(5% annual return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
1,000.00
|
1,019.59
|
5.32
|
Institutional Class Actual
|
1,000.00
|
1,170.40
|
4.37
|
Institutional Class Hypothetical
|
|||
(5% annual return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
1,000.00
|
1,020.84
|
4.07
|
2
|
For the Fund’s Retail and Institutional Class shares, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the most recent six-month period of 1.06% and 0.81%, respectively, multiplied by the
average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
EXPENSE EXAMPLES For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
Beginning
|
Ending
|
Expenses Paid
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
During the Period
|
|
11/1/2023
|
4/30/2024
|
11/1/2023 – 4/30/2024 3
|
|
Retail Class Actual
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,147.20
|
$6.67
|
Retail Class Hypothetical
|
|||
(5% annual return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
1,000.00
|
1,018.65
|
6.27
|
Institutional Class Actual
|
1,000.00
|
1,148.50
|
5.34
|
Institutional Class Hypothetical
|
|||
(5% annual return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
1,000.00
|
1,019.89
|
5.02
|
3
|
For the Fund’s Retail and Institutional Class shares, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the most recent six-month period of 1.25% and 1.00%, respectively (reflecting fee
waivers in effect), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
INFORMATION ABOUT PROXY VOTING (Unaudited)
|
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS (Unaudited)
|
INFORMATION ABOUT HOUSEHOLDING (Unaudited)
|
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS’ TRUSTEES (Unaudited)
|
STATEMENT REGARDING LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (Unaudited)
|
PRIVACY NOTICE (Unaudited)
|
Retail Class
|
Institutional Class
|
|
Symbol – CAMLX
|
Symbol – CMLIX
|
|
CUSIP – 742935216
|
CUSIP – 74316J789
|
Retail Class
|
Institutional Class
|
|
Symbol – CMIDX
|
Symbol – IMIDX
|
|
CUSIP – 74316J466
|
CUSIP – 74316J458
|
Retail Class
|
Institutional Class
|
|
Symbol – CSMVX
|
Symbol – CSMCX
|
|
CUSIP – 74316P728
|
CUSIP – 74316P710
|
(a)
|
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of
this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are
effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.
|
(b)
|
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the fiscal period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
|
(a)
|
(1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit.
Incorporated by reference to previous Form N-CSR filing.
|